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Paradoxes of Diaspora in the Poetry of Derek Walcott & Seamus Heaney
ISBN: 9783659310249 / Angielski / Miękka / 392 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In an age void of exclusive identities, limited localities or hindering cultural borders, the entire world turns into a diaspora, where the continuous tension between living and longing, coexistence and belonging, exoticism and togetherness obstructs the diasporans' consciousness of place, time and identity. Through an ecocritical approach to the paradoxes of homelessness at home, nostalgia for the future and national schizophrenia in the poetry of the two Nobel Laureates, Derek Walcott (1930 - ) and Seamus Heaney (1939- ), the book investigates the homologies between nature and diasporans,...
In an age void of exclusive identities, limited localities or hindering cultural borders, the entire world turns into a diaspora, where the continuous...
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The Brechtian Elements in John Arden's and Edward Bond's Plays
ISBN: 9783659293627 / Angielski / Miękka / 340 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The work consists of five chapters, an introduction and a conclusion.The first chapter is intended to be an intensive discussion of Bertolt Brecht's life and works, his Marxist doctrine, and the assailable chasm between his theory and theater. The second chapter is a historical background of both John Arden's and Edward Bond's lives and works.The third chapter is devoted to discussing the Marxist elements in John Arden's and Edward Bond's plays and their relation to Brechtian dialectical theater. The themes of their plays are discussed in relation to two major criteria- class consciousness...
The work consists of five chapters, an introduction and a conclusion.The first chapter is intended to be an intensive discussion of Bertolt Brecht's l...
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A Study of Man-Woman Relationship in the Novels of W.S. Maugham
ISBN: 9783659334931 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. William Somerset Maugham was an amazing story writer and novelist of his age. He composed more than twenty novels that are the testimonials of his marvelous literary skills. He was also the one of the highest paid English novelist during 1930's. His novels "OF HUMAN BONDAGE," "CAKES AND ALE" and "MRS. CRADDOCK" are exceptionally successful creations of his period. In his novels and short stories he probes and analyses man-woman relationship (Marital, extramarital and even illegal) with outstanding rational skills. This book is focused on vari-coloured man-woman relationship (ranging from...
William Somerset Maugham was an amazing story writer and novelist of his age. He composed more than twenty novels that are the testimonials of his mar...
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Der Soldat als Autor und der Autor als Soldat
ISBN: 9783639464061 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ernest Hemingway wie auch Alexander Lernet-Holenia haben als Freiwillige im Ersten Weltkrieg gedient. Trotz der unterschiedlichen Biographien lassen sich neben der gemeinsamen Zeit an der Front weitere Analogien feststellen. Dieser erstmalige Vergleich beider Autoren untersucht unter anderem die Darstellung des Krieges per se, Heldentypen, Frauenfiguren, Symbole etc. Grundlage des Vergleiches sind folgende Romane: "A Farewell To Arms," "Fiesta: The Sun Also Rises," "Die Standarte," "Jo und der Herr zu Pferde," "Ljubas Zobel." Die Romane sind alle im Zeitraum der popularen Frontromane rund um...
Ernest Hemingway wie auch Alexander Lernet-Holenia haben als Freiwillige im Ersten Weltkrieg gedient. Trotz der unterschiedlichen Biographien lassen s...
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A WebQuest and E-mail Model for Developing Writing Skills
ISBN: 9783659338120 / Angielski / Miękka / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is a research that reports on the effectiveness of a suggested model of webquests and email for developing writing skills in college students as well as enhancing their attitudes towards writing. Set in five chapters, the book introduces the notion of WebQuests and e-mail as Internet applications that can effectively be used in language learning and teaching. Chapter II provides a rigorous review of relevant literature and introduces the suggested model that integrates emailing and webquesting for writing learning and teaching, against a solid backdrop of research findings. The...
This book is a research that reports on the effectiveness of a suggested model of webquests and email for developing writing skills in college student...
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Brainy Brain Neuropsychological Linguistics
ISBN: 9783659339073 / Angielski / Miękka / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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EFL Text Selection and Metacognitive Awareness-Raising
ISBN: 9783659355813 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. While reading has not been given sufficient attention, particularly with regard to EFL reader's meaning-making, it is well-known that much knowledge can be gained through reading. However, before one may benefit from such a source, he should first learn to read systematically and with full comprehension. Therefore, reading is viewed as a two-fold phenomenon involving both a comprehending process and a comprehension product. The experience of reading provides an opportunity to explore and relate to a wider world than one's own. It extends social, cultural and academic horizons.Therefore, the...
While reading has not been given sufficient attention, particularly with regard to EFL reader's meaning-making, it is well-known that much knowledge c...
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A Stylistic Analysis of the Fiction of Achebe and Ngugi
ISBN: 9783659358586 / Angielski / Miękka / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book provides a modern approach to the study of the language of two foremost novelists of the African continent: Chinua Achebe, a Nigerian and Ngugi wa Thiong'O, a Kenyan. Using stylistic techniques select novels of the two writers are analyzed giving fresh insights into their craft leading to a different interpretation of their texts. Further, the book also extends the field of stylistics itself by melding concepts from narratology and functional grammar in a unique and distinctive way. The language of fiction has proven to be a challenge to many critics because the novel form is...
This book provides a modern approach to the study of the language of two foremost novelists of the African continent: Chinua Achebe, a Nigerian and Ng...
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Gazety Rossii V Oktyabre 1917 G. - 1920 G.
ISBN: 9783843314367 / Rosyjski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Kniga posvyashchena izucheniyu gazetnoy periodiki okt. 1917 g. - 1920 g. V ney analiziruetsya gazetnaya pressa razlichnykh politicheskikh rezhimov, voznikshikh na territorii byvshey Rossiyskoy imperii. Izuchaetsya tipologicheskaya struktura gazet, informatsionnoe obespechenie redaktsiy, osobennosti otobrazheniya na stranitsakh gazetnoy periodiki sobytiy revolyutsii i grazhdanskoy voyny v Rossii v okt. 1917 g - 1920 g. V knige izuchaetsya redaktsionnyy sostav rossiyskoy gazetnoy periodiki. Rassmatrivaetsya deyatel'nost' inostrannykh informatsionnykh agentstv v Rossii. Prezhde vsego,...
Kniga posvyashchena izucheniyu gazetnoy periodiki okt. 1917 g. - 1920 g. V ney analiziruetsya gazetnaya pressa razlichnykh politicheskikh rezhimov, vo...
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The Use of Phrasal Verbs in English as a Lingua Franca
ISBN: 9783639464245 / Angielski / Miękka / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book offers a study of the use of phrasal verbs in English as a lingua franca (ELF). It gives insights into how ELF speakers use specific phrasal verbs based on an empirical study in the VOICE corpus. The study reveals that most of the phrasal verbs analyzed in VOICE seem to be used in a conventional way. However, there are several instances of phrasal verb use that seem to be different to an ENL use for a variety of reasons. The analysis of these utterances indicates that although ELF speakers sometimes seem to use phrasal verbs differently than ENL speakers, and that some instances of...
This book offers a study of the use of phrasal verbs in English as a lingua franca (ELF). It gives insights into how ELF speakers use specific phrasal...
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Semiotika Fol'klornogo Teksta
ISBN: 9783659130557 / Rosyjski / Miękka / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Monografiya "Semiotika folklornogo teksta: legendy i skazki slavyan" predstavlyaet printsipialno novyy podkhod k analizu folklornykh tekstov lyubogo tipa. Yazyk folklora rassmatrivaetsya pri etom kak prakulturnaya metayazykovaya sistema s sobstvennymi strukturoy i semantikoy. Dannaya sistema yavlyaetsya otrazheniem kak obshchey psikhofizicheskoy modeli mira, zalozhennoy v osnove yazykovogo samosoznaniya, tak i glubinnogo arkhetipicheskogo, kotoroe predstavleno semanticheskimi kodami traditsii. Yazyk folklora i narodnoy traditsii v tselom, nezavisimo ot natsionalnoy kultury, predstavlyaetsya...
Monografiya "Semiotika folklornogo teksta: legendy i skazki slavyan" predstavlyaet printsipialno novyy podkhod k analizu folklornykh tekstov lyubogo t...
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Developing the Speaking Ability in High School Students
ISBN: 9783659142123 / Angielski / Miękka / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The guidelines of the Ministry of Education of Cordoba province for the C.B.U. require teachers of English to encourage in students the development of abilities and strategies which enable them to interact linguistically in basic situations of written and oral communication. In relation to the latter, teachers are expected to promote a student capable of saying something meaningful to somebody under certain circumstances. However, a very urgent and serious problem among teachers of English is the fact that, apparently, when students finish the third year of the C.B.U., they are unable to keep...
The guidelines of the Ministry of Education of Cordoba province for the C.B.U. require teachers of English to encourage in students the development of...
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A Study of Tone in Lexical Phonology
ISBN: 9783659244063 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Is Lexical Phonology a universal theory of grammar and do all its tenets apply uniformly in all languages? Exposing the Lwidakho tone to both autosegmental and lexical phonological scrutiny presents interesting nuances which have the ability of arousing questions on what truly are the qualities of a universal theory and what makes linguists conclude that a theory or rule applies universally. It is possible that some languages fail to elicit characteristics that qualify a universal theory, hence nurturing the increasing interest in linguists to study and test theories that have been...
Is Lexical Phonology a universal theory of grammar and do all its tenets apply uniformly in all languages? Exposing the Lwidakho tone to both autosegm...
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Re-Forming Shakespeare
ISBN: 9783659268878 / Angielski / Miękka / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What kinds of work does Shakespeare do in our millennial era? This volume takes a cultural studies approach to the analysis and evaluation of three millennial film adaptations and three cinematic offshoots of some of Shakespeares most (in)famous plays-The Taming of the Shrew, King Lear, Hamlet, and Richard III-while investigating the significance of these films key intertexts in various media. The three adaptations examined-10 Things I Hate About You (1999), A Thousand Acres (1997), and Michael Almereydas Hamlet (2000)-and the three offshoots-Renaissance Man (1994), A Midwinters Tale (1995),...
What kinds of work does Shakespeare do in our millennial era? This volume takes a cultural studies approach to the analysis and evaluation of three mi...
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Structuralism and Its Aftermath in the Fiction of Henry James
ISBN: 9783659300189 / Angielski / Miękka / 516 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A dimension of the later style of the fiction of Henry James is a deep concern with images and appearances. It typically pictures the character in in-between situations where he is recognized not as he really is but as he appears, as he shows himself in the projected situation. Another aspect of the later style of James is the magnificence of these appearances, because they are the outcome of reciprocal spaces which in turn signify vivified and productive relations. These facades of Jamess fiction render it a space for a new mode of realistic representation which depends on a kind of language...
A dimension of the later style of the fiction of Henry James is a deep concern with images and appearances. It typically pictures the character in in-...
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Making the Significant Significant
ISBN: 9783659307225 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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African American Literature: Claude McKay and Gwendolyn Brooks
ISBN: 9783659316609 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Comparative literature is a liberating and humanizing force on literature itself by breaking the boundaries and leading ultimately to a realization of the oneness of humanity. Research pertaining to any aspect of the African American society have to be made necessarily with reference to their history, for their life had been uniquely conditioned by the peculiar situation in which they lived. Claude McKay and Gwendolyn Brooks are the two great Black intellectuals, who identify themselves with the suffering Blacks. They utilize the English language as a medium to voice their protests to create...
Comparative literature is a liberating and humanizing force on literature itself by breaking the boundaries and leading ultimately to a realization of...
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The Novelist as Historian
ISBN: 9783659324598 / Angielski / Miękka / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book examines the inevitable relationship between fiction and history in Nadine Gordimer's novels.The argument of this book is corroborated by the theories of Hayden White whose works equate history and fiction.White believes that a historical, text like a literary text is determined by literary criteria rather than by reference to history.The book takes each novel of Nadine Gordimer as a metaphoric presentation of the South African context, interpreted by an anti-colonial white writer.In her meta-historical fiction, Gordimer targets apartheid's imposed codes, decodes and re-codes them...
This book examines the inevitable relationship between fiction and history in Nadine Gordimer's novels.The argument of this book is corroborated by th...
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Narrating the Difference
ISBN: 9783659341830 / Angielski / Miękka / 428 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Throughout the past decades, the conceptual framework of difference and the theoretical scenes of feminism and narratology have all undergone complex processes of reconfiguration and reformation. These have primarily been generated by the general epistemological revolution initiated by postmodernism. It is the purpose of this research to investigate how these reconfigurations have affected contemporary womens writing in the context of a literary scene, often accused of non-mimetism and a crisis in representation. This book situates its concerns at the crossroads of postmodernism, as the...
Throughout the past decades, the conceptual framework of difference and the theoretical scenes of feminism and narratology have all undergone complex ...
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Acts of Narrative Confession in Selected Fiction of Saul Bellow
ISBN: 9783659350498 / Angielski / Miękka / 364 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book examines selected fiction of Saul Bellow by problematizing the universal and static conditions of traditional narrative confession as well as its one-sided perception of reality. It analyses the concept of polyphonic confession, illustrating how Bellows oeuvre shows a gradual movement from a monophonic mode of confessional discourse in his early fiction into a more inclusive, ethical, and polyphonic one in his later novels. Examining novels of Saul Bellow in the light of the literary and social theory of confession as developed by Mikhail Bakhtin and Michel Foucault respectively,...
This book examines selected fiction of Saul Bellow by problematizing the universal and static conditions of traditional narrative confession as well a...
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